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AP Lang Vocab. Week 4
Inchoate-Spurious
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English
11th Grade
07/08/2010

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Inchoate
Definition
Not yet completely for fully developed; rudimentary. 
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Amorphous
Definition
Lacking definite form; having no shape; formless.
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Nebulous
Definition
Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused; cloudy.
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Intangible
Definition
Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; not definite or clear to the mind.
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Allusive
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Having reference to something implied or inferred.
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Ambivalent
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Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
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Cryptic
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Mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. 
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Sophistry
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A subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.  
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Ineffable
Definition
Incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible.
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Spurious
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Not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit.
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